any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
2.
any of various nonfringilline birds, especially the weaverbirds of the family Ploceidae and the tropical members of the subfamily Emberizinae.
Origin
before 900;Middle English;Old Englishfinc; cognate with Dutchvink,GermanFink; akin to Greekspíngos finch
Examples from the web for finch
Even some birds, such as the oxpecker and vampire finch, feed on blood.
The finch's beak, the giraffe's neck and sprinter's toes.
If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help.
Barely onto the tarmac, birders have their first sighting: a small ground finch.
finch tossed the bag to the side and dropped to the ground.
British Dictionary definitions for finch
finch
/fɪntʃ/
noun
1.
any songbird of the family Fringillidae, having a short stout bill for feeding on seeds and, in most species, a bright plumage in the male. Common examples are the goldfinch, bullfinch, chaffinch, siskin, and canary
2.
any of various similar or related birds
related
adjective fringilline
Word Origin
Old English finc; related to Old High German finko, Middle Dutch vinker, Greek spingos
Word Origin and History for finch
n.
Old English finc, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *finkjon (cf. Middle Low German and Middle Dutch vinke, Dutch vink, Old High German finco, German Fink), perhaps imitative of the bird's note (cf. Breton pint "chaffinch," Russian penka "wren").